Papers, 1928-1990.

Underhill, Susan R. (Susan Reynolds), 1904-1934

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Underhill, Virginia D. (Virginia Dickerson), 1915-1968

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Underhill, Irvin Windfield, 1896-1982

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Irvin Windfield Underhill, minister and missionary with the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A (1928-1947), served in French Cameroun, West Africa (1929-1940). He and his wife, Susan R. Underhill, were the first African American missionaries to the West Africa Mission. A civic leader in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he managed the Philadelphia Housing Authority's Richard Allen Homes (1941-1951) and served on the Philadelphia Redevelopment Aut...

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions

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The first Presbyterian missionaries to Japan arrived in Yokohama in 1859. Despite hostility experienced by the missionaries throughout the closing decades of the 19th century, mission activities continued to expand. After 1906, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church transferred its work in Japan to the PCUSA Board of Foreign Missions. The mission's work was primarily educational and evangelistic. Because of the extensive system of Japanese hospitals and primary schools, the Board made no effort to c...

Richard Allen Homes (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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First Presbyterian Church (Nunda, N.Y.)

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Philadelphia, Pa. Redevelopment Authority

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission

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Presbyterian work in the Cameroons commenced about 1889 when the Reverend and Mrs. B.B. Brier were assigned to the Batanga station. Mission stations were later established at Efulan (1893), Elat (1895), Lolodorf (1897), Foulassi (1916), Edea (1920) and Sakbayeme (1920). Prior to 1936, the churches in the West African field were organized as the Presbytery of Corisco and attached to the Synod of New Jersey. In 1936, upon action from the General Assembly, the presbytery of Corisco was subdivided i...